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Reading Room:  What books are on your bedside table?  |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 10 2012 : 6:55:38 PM
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I always have a stack of books and catalogs accumulating on my bedside table. I noticed yesterday that my recent stack is an interesting combination of classic, high-tech, old-world, and gardener: "MaryJane's IdeaBook" (of course), Burpee Seed Catalog, "Digitizing Made Easy", and "Designing with the Wool".
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
1534 Posts |
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22angel
True Blue Farmgirl
498 Posts
Pam
Manitoba
Canada
498 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2012 : 8:50:10 PM
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Me too Sheri! But mine is the hard cover copy :p. I also have some health books (The Savvy Woman's Guide to PCOS by Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, The Ultimate PCOS Handbook by Colette Harris & Theresa Cheung), some spiritual books (The Intentional Woman & The Relief of Imperfection by Joan C Webb) and A Breath of Snow & Ashes by Diana Gabaldon. But the main one I'm reading now is The Scottish Prisoner haha.
Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself.
"When I grow up, I want to be dirt." seen on a box through construction in Wyoming 2010 |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2012 : 9:39:57 PM
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I have the Life Recovery Bible and a book called Jesus Calling that a friend gave me. I need to look at them more often. Sometimes I go for days without reading from a book and then I get book hungry.
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 12:15:51 PM
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Vol 1 and 2
Mc'Kay's Modern Swedish to English Dictionary
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
...Oh and my Kindle!
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 12:18:43 PM
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Wow...Paula what a clean nightstand!
Mine is cluttered with an empty water glass, a pair of vintage leather gloves (go figure!),two pair of drugstore reading glasses, hair pins, a lavender sachet, loose change, bobbie pins, 2 rings, kleenex, paper and an unsharpened pencil-I'm such a slob!
Mel |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 12:26:22 PM
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Holy crapola...I can't even dredge through them all. The top 5 are South of Broad by Pat Conroy (finished that last night), My Life in Paris, a Memoir by Julia Child (picked that up right after South of Broad), Woman's Day magazine for February, British Country Living from December and Kentucky Monthly from November (that I still haven't read!!!).
@Melody--love We Were the Mulvaneys. Read it a few years ago and still have it in the study. LOVE it.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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MamaBulla
True Blue Farmgirl
209 Posts
Kris
Midland
NC
USA
209 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 12:34:56 PM
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Let's see... Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, by: Sarah Ban Breathnach and The Backyard Goat, An Introductory Guide to Keeping Productive Pet Goats, by: Sue Weaver. I also have the grocery ads, a blank book, a notebook, my camera case and some various cd's. Yeah, mine's a mess right now!
Kris B.
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Farmgirl Sister #3679
Blog: farmgirlby40.wordpress.com
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
485 Posts
Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 1:22:10 PM
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Diana Gabaldon has a new book? I absolutely loved her Jamie Frazier/Claire Randall series. I'll look for it.
The trail is the thing.... Louis L'Amour |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 5:43:53 PM
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We had company over during Christmas and we were expected to tour them through our straw house, so I had to purge my normally leaning tower of books and catalogs (plus clean out my closets). This stack is the start of the next growing pile. Normally I have some real odds and ends on my table too, covered of course in a layer of German Shepherd hair.
It is so cool to hear what everyone keeps on hand for reading material. It is such a diverse mixture. I love it!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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Melina
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Melina
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 5:54:03 PM
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I also have The Scottish Prisoner on the bedside. I'm only allowing myself to read it when I get in bed, and only for one chapter. Trying to make it last longer that way. This is a book about Jamie when he's a prisoner at Helwater.
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 6:05:25 PM
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I'm glad you asked! I think my bedside table has reached critical mass...these are the books I've been accumulating since mid-December. I was just thinking today that I need to put away the ones I'm done with before the pile collapses into bed with me.
It's a pretty mixed bag: some history, memoirs, mid-century fiction from the library book sale, and a couple of old romance novels that I found on my grandmother's bookshelves and thought I'd read before sending them to the thrift.
The Selected Journals of LM Montgomery Vol. III and V
Behind Closed Doors, by Amanda Vickery
The Gentleman's Daughter, by Amanda Vickery
The Devil in the Dark City, by Erik Larson
The Jungle Book V 1 and 2, by Rudyard Kipling
King's Rhapsody, by Hester W. Chapman (a romance novel that belonged to my grandma, published 1950)
A Rose in Winter, by Kathleen Woodiwiss (another romance from grandma's house)
The Hearth and Eagle, by Anya Seton
Queen Victoria, by Lytton Strachey
The Lovely Amibition, by Mary Ellen Chase
The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
Family Gathering, by Kathleen Norris
Friends and Lovers, by Helen MacInnes
Pilgrim's Inn, by Elizabeth Goudge
Island Year, by Hazel Heckman
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 6:27:27 PM
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I am currently reading, "Alias Grace", by Margaret Atwood. That is the only book on my bedside table now. I do have several magazines; Southern Living, MJF, Cowboys & Indians, Sports Illustrate, and National Geographic.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 10:55:45 PM
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Oh Amie! I watched "Carrington" last week (kinda graphic and a couple of times I had to cover my eyes!)and noticed you had Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey on you nightstand-what a coincidence! Strachey was involved with Dora Carrington the painter. I've never read him, but plan on seeing if I can find Queen Victoria at our library tomorrow.
Very interesting reading material posted here! I too LOVE hearing about what the girls are reading!!
Great thread Paula...
Melody |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 08:06:16 AM
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If you're interested in Lytton Strachey, he was part of the Bloomsbury Group and shows up a lot in biographies of Virginia Woolf. I'd never read anything by him either, and I've just dipped into Queen Victoria. It's supposed to be very iconoclastic, but I haven't seen anything shocking so far.
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 6:01:42 PM
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I'm reading so much right now! One of the books I'm excited to be reading right now is The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. I love reading him, and I always get so engrossed in his books!
God's and Farmgirl's Blessings,
Megan
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 6:47:37 PM
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Amie, I read A Rose in Winter so many years ago during my romance novel reading years. Kathleen Woodiwiss was one of the first and one of the best writers of that genre.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrawHouseDesigns |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 2:15:57 PM
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| Glad you clarified that, Kristina! |
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tea_lady_tammy
True Blue Farmgirl
1485 Posts
Tammy
NE
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 8:14:44 PM
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I was thinking wow green underwear...on your night stand what a hoot!!!! Glad to know it is a book.
great books here to add to my list
blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
Visit my blog~Teacup Lane http://frommyteacup.blogspot.com
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coaloha
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Pam
USA
502 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 9:00:50 PM
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I am also reading the Scottish Prisoner. I've read all of the Jamie/Claire books in the last few months and loved them. Like Melina, I am only reading little bits at a time so that it lasts. I have come to really care about these characters.
Warmly,
Pam
Pam Barnes-Palty
Phoenix, AZ
Farmgirl #1075
Happy member of the Southwest Henhouse
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GirlwithHook
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Alyce
Madison
WI
USA
922 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 07:13:57 AM
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Melody: I love A Year in Provence! The Man of the House and I plan to spend some time there in the next few years, and would like to retire there.
Kris: Yay! Another Simple Abundance fan!
I always keep my favorite book--Precious Bane by Mary Webb--handy, so that's what's on my nightstand right now. Ordinarily there'd be more, but the Mister's stack is so tall I was nervous about adding to it!
A hook, a book, and a good cup of coffee.... |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2012 : 09:05:02 AM
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Hmm
How Soccer Explains the World
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
The Age of Shiva
Positively 4th St. (about Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Richard and Mimi Farina)
Alabama Stitch Book and Alabama Studio Style - Natalie Chanin
Just finished:
a visit from the goon squad - interesting but not engaging
Cleaving - same author as Julie and Julia, did not like it
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat - Alexandra Fuller - really good - they are sending me in search of other books about Africa, just picked up 2 on Rwanda but they haven't made the bedside table yet.
Minding Frankie - new from Maeve Binchy - awesome as usual.
I read really fast so I usually go through at least 4 books a week. I'm always interested in what other farmgirls are reading. I have a stack of new (to me - purchased at thrift stores) cookbooks too but I try to keep them out of the bedroom:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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mudpony farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
57 Posts
Jo
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2012 : 8:31:28 PM
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The mythology of the Horse
Sheepish (Catherine Friend)
Farm Anatomy
These are my three for this week, we'll see what next week brings! |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2012 : 07:49:25 AM
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We are having a long weekend due to the MLKJ Day holiday, and my stack has been growing all weekend. The problem is that I might get two pages read before I doze off, even if the book is riveting. I guess it makes for pleasant dreams!!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrawHouseDesigns |
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